^2-4 (A) Soon you will enter the land that the Lord your God is giving to you. He is the God your ancestors worshiped, and he has promised that this land is rich with milk and honey.

After you cross the Jordan River, go to Mount Ebal. Set up large slabs of stone, then cover them with white plaster and write on them a copy of these laws.

^5 (B) At this same place, build an altar for offering sacrifices to the Lord your God. But don't use stones that have been cut with iron tools. ⁶ Look for stones that can be used without being cut. Then offer sacrifices to please the Lord,^[a] burning them completely on the altar. ⁷ Next, offer sacrifices to ask the Lord's blessing,^[b] and serve the meat at a sacred meal where you will celebrate in honor of the Lord.

⁸ Don't forget to write out a copy of these laws on the stone slabs that you are going to set up. Make sure that the writing is easy to read.

^25 (A) If you ever build an altar for me out of stones, do not use any tools to chisel the stones, because that would make the altar unfit for use in worship.